# Previewing Documentation from Documenter.jl

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/previewing-documentation-from-documenter-jl/84560>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** documentation, documenter\
**Created:** [July 20, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/previewing-documentation-from-documenter-jl/84560 "2022-07-20T23:32:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![liamfdoherty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/liamfdoherty/32/24516_2.png) [@liamfdoherty](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/liamfdoherty)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/previewing-documentation-from-documenter-jl/84560/1 "2022-07-20T23:32:17Z")

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Does anybody know if there is a way to preview package documentation from Documenter.jl (i.e., locally _before_ pushing to GitHub)? I am looking for something similar to the `serve()` functionality in Franklin.jl, and I haven’t been able to find something like that quite yet. Maybe I am just missing something…

Any pointers or suggestions would be much appreciated!

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**Author:** ![mortenpi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mortenpi/32/158_2.png) [@mortenpi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mortenpi)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/previewing-documentation-from-documenter-jl/84560/2 "2022-07-20T23:40:10Z")

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LiveServer provides that functionality with the `servedocs` function:

> **[GitHub - tlienart/LiveServer.jl: Simple development server with live-reload...](https://github.com/tlienart/LiveServer.jl/#serve-docs)**
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> Simple development server with live-reload capability for Julia. - GitHub - tlienart/LiveServer.jl: Simple development server with live-reload capability for Julia.

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**Author:** ![liamfdoherty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/liamfdoherty/32/24516_2.png) [@liamfdoherty](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/liamfdoherty)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/previewing-documentation-from-documenter-jl/84560/3 "2022-07-20T23:41:58Z")

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Oh, this is perfect! Thanks so much, @mortenpi!